Maurice Peress
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Born | Manhattan, New York | March 18, 1930
Died | December 31, 2017 Manhattan, New York | (aged 87)
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | Conductor, educator, author |
Maurice Peress (March 18, 1930 – December 31, 2017) was an American orchestra conductor, educator and author.
After serving as assistant conductor of the
Maurice Peress had also extensively conducted orchestras internationally, including the
In 1984, he became a professor at the
Peress was the author of Dvorak to Duke Ellington: A Conductor Explores America's Music and Its African American Roots, published in 2004 by Oxford University Press.[1] Peress worked with Ellington in revising the ending of Black, Brown and Beige, which he debuted with the American Jazz Orchestra in 1988.[2] He also worked on the arrangement of Ellington's opera Queenie Pie, that was not completed before Ellington's death.[3]
Maurice Peress died in Manhattan on December 31, 2017[4][5] and leaves three children, all in the arts: Lorca Peress, a theatrical director; Paul Peress, a composer and drummer; and Anika Paris (née Peress), a singer/songwriter.
Notes
- ^ "Dvorakto Duke Ellington". Oxford University Press. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
- ^ Fraser, C. Gerald (March 3, 1988). "A rare Ellington work is revived". New York Times. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
- ^ Peress 2004, pp. 161–171.
- ^ "Former Austin Symphony conductor Maurice Peress dies". Archived from the original on January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
- ^ Genzlinger, Neil (January 4, 2018). "Maurice Peress, Conductor Who Worked with Ellington, Dies at 87". The New York Times.
Further reading
- Peress, Maurice (2004). Dvorak to Duke Ellington. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-509822-8.
External links
- Maurice Peress, Professor, Aaron Copland School of Music.
- Finding aid to the Maurice Peress collection at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.